Chelsea boss Mourinho is the first manager to reach eight Champions League semi-finals and claimed his Special Ones can be a match for anyone.

Mourinho said: "Anything can happen. A big opponent is waiting for us in the semi-final, but I think it doesn't matter who. They know we are a team with a special spirit, even if we are not in the maximum of our potential.

"We were lucky, because we have the result we fought for.

"But, if for some reason we hadn't scored the second, or if they had scored from the last corner in the last moment to send us out, everybody in this club would still have been proud of the boys."

Mourinho recreated his Old Trafford celebration of 2004 when he ran down the touchline after leading Porto to victory on the way to winning the trophy.

It was the moment which made Mourinho world famous.

But this time, Mourinho claimed, he was powered not be elation but by a desire to give his players instructions for the remaining few minutes.

Mourinho added: ""No, it was not to celebrate. It was to tell the players how we had to play the last minutes.

"I knew at that moment they wanted to celebrate, to think the game is over. They forget that they had three minutes, plus three or four other minutes [of stoppage time] to play, and the way we were playing we couldn't carry on winning 2-0.

"I had to go there because it would be the only chance I'd have to tell Demba, Fernando and Schurrle what to do in the last seven minutes.

"But you could see I can still run..."

Supersub hero Ba could not resist a swipe at Mourinho after finding himself relegated down the pecking order at Stamford Bridge.

The lifelong PSG fan said: "I'm not out for revenge, maybe he (Mourinho) doesn't have strikers to his liking but I know that we have three great strikers and I think that a lot of clubs would like to have them.

"I'm happy. I'm happy to have liberated us. I haven't been given my chance much this season [but here] I've taken it. It's the first time I've wished PSG to lose, and it's me who scores the goal - luckily for Chelsea.

"I'm happy for Chelsea but it's hard to see them lose, especially with one of my best friends, Yohan Cabaye, on the other side."

Mourinho now becomes the first manager to reach eight semi-finals in Europe's top club competition.

The goal that sealed his passage was an incredible moment.

Chelsea looked dead and buried but refused to give up, even when all seemed lost.

Hero Ba added: “It all happened so quick. I saw the ball... and it was in the goal. I just do what I have to do when I get chances. I didn’t have chances this season but tonight I took it.”

Captain John Terry said: “We gave ourselves a chance by not conceding. We had to hit the big man and he scored.

"This competition means a lot to us. The experiences we have had keeps you fighting and believing. Winning it was the best feeling ever. These big performances are what we live for.”

Sub Andre Schurrle had put Chelsea ahead in the first half.

The only downside was a calf injury for Eden Hazard which saw him limp off early and Mourinho fears he is facing a lay-off from their title race and European campaign.

Mourinho said: ""When he comes off after 10 minutes, he was saying he couldn't do it. It's a calf. So normally, it's a muscular problem, so you cannot play for normally a couple of weeks. Minimum. But I have no idea as yet."